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. >> thank you, jim, and thank you for your leadership on the task force, and i want to express my thanks to the constitution project, but also to all of my fellow task force members, what they brought to the table in terms of experience, wisdom, public service, really made a difference in the development of this project and important eport. there's more than 24 findings and recommendations. we can't cover all of those this morning, but we do want to hit some of the highlights. we hope you'll take the entire report, study it through, and look at each of those recommendations. why is this report important? it's important because we as a nation have to get this right. i look back in history to the time during world war ii that we interned some japanese-americans. at the time it seemed like the sandrite proper thing to do. but in the light of history, it was an error. and so today this report will hopefully put into focus some of the actions taken in the post-9/11 environment. there's some key questions we wanted to address this morning. one is the treatment of suspected terrorists in u.s. c
. >> thank you, jim, and thank you for your leadership on the task force, and i want to express my thanks to the constitution project, but also to all of my fellow task force members, what they brought to the table in terms of experience, wisdom, public service, really made a difference in the development of this project and important eport. there's more than 24 findings and recommendations. we can't cover all of those this morning, but we do want to hit some of the highlights. we hope...
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. >> thank you, jim. for all societies behaved differently under stress. at those times, they may even take action that conflicts with their its central character and values. that is what we did here. we were under stress. we took actions that conflict with who we are. who we are called to be and who we have committed to be. then we spent about 10 years not being willing to face the truth about it. often by covering what happened with euphemisms and an awful lot of secrets. i believe our detainee task force is revealing where we strayed from our values by shining the light of investigation and analysis on the problem, in the hope the next time we are under that stress, we do not go down the day -- the same road. has been an honor to serve on this panel. >> thank you. >> just in terms of new things, everyone here discussed the general contents of the report, the most important thing. there are some new points raised in the reports discussion on the role of the international red cross, and the debate inside the organization. we had an interview with the fell
. >> thank you, jim. for all societies behaved differently under stress. at those times, they may even take action that conflicts with their its central character and values. that is what we did here. we were under stress. we took actions that conflict with who we are. who we are called to be and who we have committed to be. then we spent about 10 years not being willing to face the truth about it. often by covering what happened with euphemisms and an awful lot of secrets. i believe our...
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will turn it over to con jim ran -- jim moran. now that the house has agreed unanimously to pay federal employees for the time that they have been unfairly laid off from day one of the shutdown until whenever it concludes, the justification for preventing them from going to work is even weaker than it has ever been. there is such compelling arguments when you're paying people anyway to enable them to do their work on behalf of the record people. it really blows the mind to that a supposedly majority in the house of representatives would want the federal workforce not being able to go to work. economic consequences, that is what we want to discuss, they are enormous. in fact, the washington region will take a very deep cut in its of thisas a result inexplicable action on the part of the house majority. it's not just the federal employees who have been directly affected by this. we have a contract workforce that is even larger than the federal workforce. , thousands of those contractors are being put on in many cases, having their j
will turn it over to con jim ran -- jim moran. now that the house has agreed unanimously to pay federal employees for the time that they have been unfairly laid off from day one of the shutdown until whenever it concludes, the justification for preventing them from going to work is even weaker than it has ever been. there is such compelling arguments when you're paying people anyway to enable them to do their work on behalf of the record people. it really blows the mind to that a supposedly...
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thank you. >> thank you, jim. another leader in the fight for fairness to make sure that all members of congress have to live by the law that president obama signed is ron desantis of florida. >> thanks, steve. i really think it was unfortunate that the senate was so insistent on maintaining special treatment for members of congress and staff and so insistent on denying to individual americans the same exemption from obamacare that the administration has granted to big business and insurance companies that they would refuse to fund the basic functions of government. even though they've already agreed that the funding levels are acceptable. and so i think that all we're asking for is fairness, people will say that obamacare is the law but it is not being implemented as written. i think we have an obligation to our constituents to stand up for the rule of law and obviously put washington at the back of the line for any relief and our constituents at the front of the line. thank you. >> thank you. one of my colleague
thank you. >> thank you, jim. another leader in the fight for fairness to make sure that all members of congress have to live by the law that president obama signed is ron desantis of florida. >> thanks, steve. i really think it was unfortunate that the senate was so insistent on maintaining special treatment for members of congress and staff and so insistent on denying to individual americans the same exemption from obamacare that the administration has granted to big business and...
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jim of tampa says he is nowhere near where he was a decade ago before the recession. he's been out of work a total of three years. he kept being told he was overqualified for jobs. now both he and his wife are working and between of two of them, they are making what he made by himself 11 years ago. so he too will be working for a long time. and so what can be done stem the tide? what can we do to make sure our seniors have enough money to last them for retirement? that's what we're here convening today in the committee. it's not only in the making, it's made. i hope our witnesses today will shed some light on this. i want to turn to our ranking member, senator colins, for her comments. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i also want to thank and welcome our new colleague to the senate senator scott for coming -- >> welcome. >> welcome. >> for coming today. i know, he's eager to play an active role on the committee. it's great to have him as well as senator warren join us as we explore this very important topic. on january 1st, 2011, the first members of america's ba
jim of tampa says he is nowhere near where he was a decade ago before the recession. he's been out of work a total of three years. he kept being told he was overqualified for jobs. now both he and his wife are working and between of two of them, they are making what he made by himself 11 years ago. so he too will be working for a long time. and so what can be done stem the tide? what can we do to make sure our seniors have enough money to last them for retirement? that's what we're here...
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becerra. >> thanks, jim. droves after republicans americans over the cliff and told them not to come to work, we are now in this 11th hour on the verge of launching republican -- of watching republicans shut down the economy as well, simply because there is a family feud going on because of -- within republicans. senate republicans have chosen to sit down with their democratic counterparts to try to come up with a solution. we can disagree, but if we can come up with a commonsense solution, that moves all of us forward. ditch effort on the part of our house republican colleagues to disrupt, your responsibly disrupt -- irre sponsibly disrupt those conversations leaves all of us at risk. no american family should have to pay the price for the reckless behavior of some politicians who are trying to get their way in a budget bill and in a bill to pay our tax debts at a time when so much is at risk. three and a half years after we saw the depths of economic downturn, we have seen 7.5 million americans go back to w
becerra. >> thanks, jim. droves after republicans americans over the cliff and told them not to come to work, we are now in this 11th hour on the verge of launching republican -- of watching republicans shut down the economy as well, simply because there is a family feud going on because of -- within republicans. senate republicans have chosen to sit down with their democratic counterparts to try to come up with a solution. we can disagree, but if we can come up with a commonsense...
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i'm pleased that we have our team, our assistant leader, jim clyburn, our ranking member on the budget committee, chris van hollen, and the ranking member on appropriations committee nita lowey, representing the values of our country with the charge from our caucus. to grow the economy, create jobs, reduce the deficit in a responsible way as we go forward. now what i would hope would happen, because we said do they know? do they care? let's assume they care. as an appropriator, i've been forged as an appropriator in the congress of the united states and you have to, working in a bipartisan way and where you have most -- much of the time you're in agreement but where you have disagreements, we always said let's stipulate to a number. let's stipulate to a set of facts. and what seems to be missing now in their caucus is that -- is a respect for facts. it's like a data free zone. they don't know about this, who said that. they're in a data free zone. all the decisions we make in appropriations should be evidence-based. what is it that we get for all the decisions we make in appropriations
i'm pleased that we have our team, our assistant leader, jim clyburn, our ranking member on the budget committee, chris van hollen, and the ranking member on appropriations committee nita lowey, representing the values of our country with the charge from our caucus. to grow the economy, create jobs, reduce the deficit in a responsible way as we go forward. now what i would hope would happen, because we said do they know? do they care? let's assume they care. as an appropriator, i've been forged...
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a republican from northern ,irginia, jim matheson of utah and tom latham all announced their retirement. politico said that the most again begin departure came from utah where jim matheson is vacating a conservative seat, almost certainly handing it to republicans in next year's midterms. democrats got good news in iowa where tom latham declared that he was retiring from the swing district he has held for two terms. virginia, another gop congressmen announced that he would not be running for reelection in and up for grabs district. oft announcement marks three the most high-profile congressional retirements ahead of next year's midterms. raise therying to deficit the face in the house. >> help republicans -- 12 republicans voted on the budget measure. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell voted against the bill. the house approved it last week. here is some of tuesday's senate debate. >> the budget conference did not meet. leaders discuss the legislation that is now before us. it had a number of problems. this is not the right way to conduct this process. the question is, should we adv
a republican from northern ,irginia, jim matheson of utah and tom latham all announced their retirement. politico said that the most again begin departure came from utah where jim matheson is vacating a conservative seat, almost certainly handing it to republicans in next year's midterms. democrats got good news in iowa where tom latham declared that he was retiring from the swing district he has held for two terms. virginia, another gop congressmen announced that he would not be running for...
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flying airplanes is in the blood of jim inhofe and his family. i really care a lot about jim inhofe. he and i are unquestionably friends. we may not agree on all political issues, but we agree that we're friends. i have had the good fortune of working to get to know this good man. i've helped him when i could. he's helped me when he can. and we put all of the disagreements to one side and look at each other for what we are outside of of our politics. i have confidence that he's going to do well. he is a man of great faith, and i feel comfortable that he will be able to work his way through this. madam president, my heart also goes out to the residents of the philippines who are drastically affected by this terrible, terrible storm that hit one of their -- one or two or three of their islands over the weekend. philippines is the 7,000 islands, madam president, a heavily populated area of manila was not hit, at least not very badly. we know that there are thousands of filipinos dead and missing. relief and construction efforts will be long and diff
flying airplanes is in the blood of jim inhofe and his family. i really care a lot about jim inhofe. he and i are unquestionably friends. we may not agree on all political issues, but we agree that we're friends. i have had the good fortune of working to get to know this good man. i've helped him when i could. he's helped me when he can. and we put all of the disagreements to one side and look at each other for what we are outside of of our politics. i have confidence that he's going to do...
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jim moran from virginia. john sarbanes. >> appreciate it. that was it. >> that's it. not just because we represent a lot of federal employees. arere here because we concerned about the operations of the united states government. >> elijah cummings is here. >> elijah cummings is the ranking member of the government reform committee and is our point person on issues related to federal employees. it would be better if all the folks with us were at work on behalf of the american people. they don't want to shut down. neither do democrats. the proposition that some republicans have said the democrats want to shut down the government is so absurd and unbelievable that it is not worth responding to. we had a shutdown 17 years ago. the republicans were in charge of the house of representatives and they tried to stare down bill clinton by cutting education of our children and bill clinton said, we are not going to do that. they should on government. this is a pattern for them. economy pattern for our and our national security. play aeral employees crucial role in keeping americ
jim moran from virginia. john sarbanes. >> appreciate it. that was it. >> that's it. not just because we represent a lot of federal employees. arere here because we concerned about the operations of the united states government. >> elijah cummings is here. >> elijah cummings is the ranking member of the government reform committee and is our point person on issues related to federal employees. it would be better if all the folks with us were at work on behalf of the...
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our coverage begins with jim brett, the ceo of the new england council. this is a little less than an hour. [applause] >> thank you very much, neil. one item that i would like to mention to the new england council, next week on october 16, we have our annual new england council dinner and we honor individuals from new england who have done an extra ordinary job in our event here. one of our recipients will be the junior as we speakly ayotte. today, we havewe have over 1500 people registered to attend this event. it is going to be quite an evening and we thank all of you for your support. not only just to provide dinner, but throughout the year. we wouldn't be as successful without your support. i just want to say thank you. on october 22, we go back to washington where we have a program called capital conversations where we bring in members of congress and united states senate from new england to speak to our members who have representatives in washington. on october 22 we will have the junior senator from maine, senator angus king will be speaking. we ha
our coverage begins with jim brett, the ceo of the new england council. this is a little less than an hour. [applause] >> thank you very much, neil. one item that i would like to mention to the new england council, next week on october 16, we have our annual new england council dinner and we honor individuals from new england who have done an extra ordinary job in our event here. one of our recipients will be the junior as we speakly ayotte. today, we havewe have over 1500 people...
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is jim from huntsville, alabama. i believe everything that is being done under the leadership of president obama is being done to tear our country apart. the and result always divides people, puts them in an unstable situation and it does nothing to further our great country. uses a processhe -- i'm reluctance -- reluctant to say, but a thought process that is more found in other nations. call, jim.u for your senator mcconnell and republican leaders shortly came out to the area just outside of the senate floor and spoke to reporters about his reaction. [video clip] this threat for some time now. we have had a discussion about rules changes. senator alexander was right in the middle of those and we will give you enough they on what happened back in january just to refresh your memory. after that, the majority leader said we had set the rules for this congress. well, obviously, that was a commitment not kept. we thought he said if you like to senate rules you could keep them. in fact, we ended up having another discuss
is jim from huntsville, alabama. i believe everything that is being done under the leadership of president obama is being done to tear our country apart. the and result always divides people, puts them in an unstable situation and it does nothing to further our great country. uses a processhe -- i'm reluctance -- reluctant to say, but a thought process that is more found in other nations. call, jim.u for your senator mcconnell and republican leaders shortly came out to the area just outside of...
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i thank you, jim mcgovern, all of you. this is a fight you are making for every person in america, to live in a country of values. include ourat faith. our faith tells us that to minister to the needs of god's creation is an act of worship. to ignore those needs, as this bill does, is to dishonor the god who made us. this is very wrong. even in this place, this crosses a threshold that we should never go past. should never go past. this is totally out of the question. [applause] i am a mom. one of the reasons why i am involved in politics is i see it as an extension of my role as a mother of five kids. now many grandchildren, god bless them. but what drove me to this was that i saw all of my kids -- all my kids had, all the opportunity, the love, the rest of it. i thought, the best thing we can all do is to make sure our children, for their own welfare, grow up in a country where all of america's children were treated with respect as we meet their needs. that is just not happening here today. i call upon our friends in the
i thank you, jim mcgovern, all of you. this is a fight you are making for every person in america, to live in a country of values. include ourat faith. our faith tells us that to minister to the needs of god's creation is an act of worship. to ignore those needs, as this bill does, is to dishonor the god who made us. this is very wrong. even in this place, this crosses a threshold that we should never go past. should never go past. this is totally out of the question. [applause] i am a mom. one...
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he said jim, there are two ways to get universal health care coverage in this country. one is a single payer system, which i like, and which i think we'd have been better off if we'd gone that direction. but instead we chose the republican way. let's vet by individual mandating. keep the insurance companies in it. and we will force everyone to join an insurance company. that waye have everybody . no more free riders. romney's talked about this when he was talk about anytime massachusetts. he called it the individual responsibility principle. everybody has a responsibility to take care of themselves. that's a republican -- that's a ground-breaking proposal of the republicans. always. individual responsibility for evything. and so when you put it into the law, you say everybody is responsible for doing that. now, if you open the door as this bill does today and say, come buy anytime you want insurance, you simply destroy the whole idea. it would be like you said, the reason we have mandatory auto insurance. why do we have that? because we know that everybody might have an
he said jim, there are two ways to get universal health care coverage in this country. one is a single payer system, which i like, and which i think we'd have been better off if we'd gone that direction. but instead we chose the republican way. let's vet by individual mandating. keep the insurance companies in it. and we will force everyone to join an insurance company. that waye have everybody . no more free riders. romney's talked about this when he was talk about anytime massachusetts. he...
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dramatically impact the way we manage our fire and ambulance crews, said emergency services director jim buchanan while addressing the issue at an august 1 city council meeting. this is one of many examples of not just businesses but also local governments that are having to make cuts in their payroll in order to adjust for this law. this is having a real impact on real people. it's having an impact also on students. i received a message from a student in utah named sarah. sarah today, a college student writes i'm a student facing a shrinking job market with fewer options. now it seems obamacare is going to force me as a healthy young person to pay more to keep the president's health plan functioning. how is that fair, she asked rhetorically. well, sarah, it's not. it's not fair. and sarah, i would add to that, we have this health care law it's called the patient protection and affordable care act, the idea of it is that it's supposed to make health care more affordable. what we have found in recent months is that it's going to make health care less affordable with premium hikes expected
dramatically impact the way we manage our fire and ambulance crews, said emergency services director jim buchanan while addressing the issue at an august 1 city council meeting. this is one of many examples of not just businesses but also local governments that are having to make cuts in their payroll in order to adjust for this law. this is having a real impact on real people. it's having an impact also on students. i received a message from a student in utah named sarah. sarah today, a...
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and it took me back to when i was in high school and i was here hearing about jim crow systems of descrimghts -- discrimination those with dark skin instead of lighter. i thought, that's nod possible. not under our vision. it's not possible. it was possible. and very real well after i was born. we ended that discrimination and time to end this discrimination. this is about the individual but it's about our nation. it's certainly about the vision of deck los angeles -- ebbinglation of independence that has the promise of life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness as a founding motivation. it certainly is about our constitution that says the core purpose is to cure the blessings of liberty. because certainly you do not have liberty if you do not have the full opportunity to participate in the workplace across america. senator ted kennedy, who carries this battle until dais before his death. in fact, the quote i'm about to share is from august 5th, 2009. he died just 20 dais later. this may well have been one of his last public comments. introducing the 2009 bill may well have been one of his last
and it took me back to when i was in high school and i was here hearing about jim crow systems of descrimghts -- discrimination those with dark skin instead of lighter. i thought, that's nod possible. not under our vision. it's not possible. it was possible. and very real well after i was born. we ended that discrimination and time to end this discrimination. this is about the individual but it's about our nation. it's certainly about the vision of deck los angeles -- ebbinglation of...
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said hi, this is jim inhofe. i've been asked to introduce ted cruz. they shared some mildly embarrassing stories. and i will say that showed a personal level of consideration that's unusual in this town. and i appreciated that. i thanked the senator then. but i want to take this opportunity to thank the senator publicly for putting that degree of personal consideration, to try to tell not just he went to so-and-so college and did this and this, not just the empty biographical facts but trying to put a little color on how this individual is. the final point i want to make is a point that goes to the substance of some of the remarks of ththat the senator from oklaa made in the process of making his first question,, which he talked about the battle over hillary care. and you know, i think that is quite fitting to the battle we're having right now over defunding obamacare. because i will tell you, mr. president, when the battle over hillary care was owe -- was occurring, i was in law school. if you remember the context at that time, when hillary care was
said hi, this is jim inhofe. i've been asked to introduce ted cruz. they shared some mildly embarrassing stories. and i will say that showed a personal level of consideration that's unusual in this town. and i appreciated that. i thanked the senator then. but i want to take this opportunity to thank the senator publicly for putting that degree of personal consideration, to try to tell not just he went to so-and-so college and did this and this, not just the empty biographical facts but trying...
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congressman, jim marshall, president, u.s. ip, mr. stephen hadley, distinguished guests, , i am honoredman to speak at this prestigious for room -- forum on peace and regional development. usip's noblee mission of promoting peace and understanding among nations. and -- andto him gentlemen, i have come here as the elected leader of pakistan, a land of ancient civilizations and rich cultural traditions, but still young and aspiring to be modern, moderate, and progressive. , hard-lion enterprising working people, dreaming of a better model in a rapidly changing world. they yearn for peace, security, and well-being that have eluded them for the past many decades. it is their hopes and aspirations i have come here to voice before this learned gathering. this hasd gentlemen, been a momentous year in our .istory not only have we had a free, fair, and transparent general election, but a transfer of power from one elected government to another. an elected president succeeded another elected president in a graceful sermon he the entire nation w
congressman, jim marshall, president, u.s. ip, mr. stephen hadley, distinguished guests, , i am honoredman to speak at this prestigious for room -- forum on peace and regional development. usip's noblee mission of promoting peace and understanding among nations. and -- andto him gentlemen, i have come here as the elected leader of pakistan, a land of ancient civilizations and rich cultural traditions, but still young and aspiring to be modern, moderate, and progressive. , hard-lion enterprising...
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i would like to introduce the former congressman of the budget committee, jim nussle. >> thank you. baby i shouldn't even try to follow that, but i followed a few times, so both as chairman of the budget committee and omb and i'm proud of the tenure that the experience and dedication an example of public service has given us and i thank you for joining us at this important moment in this is not a proud moment for our country, even with the good news and we can all look forward to see this, one that is just as negative on jittery 13th and february 7 and 8 yet another crisis and stalemate and another that could prove just as damaging as the one that could be true and a path that has prevailed from experience and the whole is greater than our country is more important than all of the little petty things that go on all of the time and i see former members of congress and leon panetta as well. all of us, from time to time, and maybe we said something or did something and at most junctures we were able to what we have seen as reckless and pick your poison, incompetent, it is based upon de
i would like to introduce the former congressman of the budget committee, jim nussle. >> thank you. baby i shouldn't even try to follow that, but i followed a few times, so both as chairman of the budget committee and omb and i'm proud of the tenure that the experience and dedication an example of public service has given us and i thank you for joining us at this important moment in this is not a proud moment for our country, even with the good news and we can all look forward to see...
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jim, you have been particularly supportive of the men and women of special operations and on behalf of all those great warriors and americans everywhere, i salute you for your service and your sacrifice to this nation. it has been my distinct honor to have served with you. mr. chairman, this is my second opportunity to address this committee since i took command in the summer of 2011. since that time i'm proud to say we have continued the great work initiated by my predecessor and at the same time we have amended to the changing strategic and fiscal environment to keep relevant now and in the future. in afghanistan we developed a new soft structure which brought it into alignment. this has allowed the special operations forces to have a common view of the enemy and synchronize our resolve. it has made soft even more effective than ever before. to partner with our afghan partners, we have trained afghan security forces so they can stand on their own against this determined threat. in addition to afghanistan special operation forces are in 78 countries around the world, at the request of
jim, you have been particularly supportive of the men and women of special operations and on behalf of all those great warriors and americans everywhere, i salute you for your service and your sacrifice to this nation. it has been my distinct honor to have served with you. mr. chairman, this is my second opportunity to address this committee since i took command in the summer of 2011. since that time i'm proud to say we have continued the great work initiated by my predecessor and at the same...
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host: what about jim moran? guest: he's the most vulnerable. his is defense services. ors not a big manufacturing things like a big aircraft. it is information technology services. the biggest company in his district is a translation service for the department of defense. he has a wide variety of companies all headquartered very near washington and doing services kind of businesses. host: some others? guest: the top republican is in fort worth tester, the 12th congressional district. mccomas hall lockheed martin, 95% of all the dollars spent in her district, it's a blow over $90, that's all lockheed. a good portion of that is the f- 35 fighter jet, which is the largest program in the defense department. these are twas defense dollars low. charter for the big pieces of hardware like the f-35 or submarines or ships, or its for services for the department of defense. host: the report puts on its head the perception that republicans protect the pentagon more than democrats. guest: there's a perception that the republicans have been more protective of the defense department
host: what about jim moran? guest: he's the most vulnerable. his is defense services. ors not a big manufacturing things like a big aircraft. it is information technology services. the biggest company in his district is a translation service for the department of defense. he has a wide variety of companies all headquartered very near washington and doing services kind of businesses. host: some others? guest: the top republican is in fort worth tester, the 12th congressional district. mccomas...
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[applause] >> jim, thank you all. thank you, all. jim, thank you for that wonderful and not totally deserved introduction, but i'll accept it. should ziglar is one of the finest public servants. when he was sergeant arms of the senate, they set the gold standard for everyone else to follow after that for the best for the senate. i thought it was great to see a chance to get caught up only in our connections to vermont, but most who don't realize with a name like patrick leahy, my mother is first-generation italian-american. we compare or some other her relatives are from and the board members who made this possible. i think what you're doing is so important. in some ways we preach to the converted here. but as long visited my human rights first and lawyers for human rights before that. what you do every day, on the research and not big has certainly been extremely important in some of the legislation that i've tried to pass. so let me talk on a few topics. partly encouraging you, don't stop. keep doing what you're doing. it may seem
[applause] >> jim, thank you all. thank you, all. jim, thank you for that wonderful and not totally deserved introduction, but i'll accept it. should ziglar is one of the finest public servants. when he was sergeant arms of the senate, they set the gold standard for everyone else to follow after that for the best for the senate. i thought it was great to see a chance to get caught up only in our connections to vermont, but most who don't realize with a name like patrick leahy, my mother...
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former defense secretary leon panetta and former white house budget director jim nussle urged congress to pass a plan to address entitlements and budget deficits. this is just over an hour. good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. i would like to introduce maya mcguiness, the president of the committee for responsible federal budget and the president of fix the debt. [applause] >> thank you. thanks so much, everybody, for joining us today. this turned out to be an incredibly well-timed conference. on behalf of fix the debt, fixed the debt is a nationwide, diverse coalition made up of citizens, business leaders, civic leaders with the purpose of trying to hum a in a bipartisan way, focus national attention on the need and push for a comprehensive debt deal that would help deal with the nation's fiscal challenges. today is obviously an important day. it appears as though we have a real plan put in place that would deal with opening the government and lifting the debt ceiling and putting in place a budget process to help focus on those discussions. we have, today, with us an incredible gathe
former defense secretary leon panetta and former white house budget director jim nussle urged congress to pass a plan to address entitlements and budget deficits. this is just over an hour. good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. i would like to introduce maya mcguiness, the president of the committee for responsible federal budget and the president of fix the debt. [applause] >> thank you. thanks so much, everybody, for joining us today. this turned out to be an incredibly well-timed...
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jim, franklin tennessee, republican caller. hi, jim. >> caller: good morning. this is very interesting. i have a quick comment and a serious question. my quick comment is this sound like a lot of democratic party spin and an attack on republicans but my serious question is this. is the national debt a problem and if the answer is yes, then what needs to be done about it and if the answer is no then why is that a problem? >> guest: the answer is yes it's a long-term problem. experience in europe and the experience we have had in the country in the last few years is that you growth. it's a little bit like the process of leaving a patient in medieval times. you keep doing it in the patient doesn't get better and you do it even more. so you want to actually have more spending now, things that will stimulate and then you have to stabilize over the long run. what do you do to stabilize? we know the drivers of growth in the national debt are going to be especially health care cost that flow from the fact that we are as a country growing older and living longer. now th
jim, franklin tennessee, republican caller. hi, jim. >> caller: good morning. this is very interesting. i have a quick comment and a serious question. my quick comment is this sound like a lot of democratic party spin and an attack on republicans but my serious question is this. is the national debt a problem and if the answer is yes, then what needs to be done about it and if the answer is no then why is that a problem? >> guest: the answer is yes it's a long-term problem....
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jim kearney began with comments on the senate legislation. -- jim carney began with comments on dozen senate legislation. seen moments ago a statement from the president on the house passage of the violence against women act. the only reason it might not pass is that a majority of republicans would filibuster the bill. that bill would over the problem we have confronting us with this imminent deadline, so we will have to see what it does. so we'll have to see what the senate actually does, whether republicans filibuster this bill. that has not happened yet. maybe they'll have a change of heart. and that will obviously affect the topics of conversation tomorrow in the meeting with the president. the president believes we need to come together and deal with the sequester. and the sequester is just one piece of the broader challenge here, which is reducing our deficit in a balanced way. that's what the sequester was part of when it was included in the budget control act. and it was designed as policy that would never come into effect because it was so onerous for both sides. it would com
jim kearney began with comments on the senate legislation. -- jim carney began with comments on dozen senate legislation. seen moments ago a statement from the president on the house passage of the violence against women act. the only reason it might not pass is that a majority of republicans would filibuster the bill. that bill would over the problem we have confronting us with this imminent deadline, so we will have to see what it does. so we'll have to see what the senate actually does,...
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hi, jim. for taking mys call. i would like to apologize in advance because i'm not a i'm notent employee and furloughed, okay. i though that has to hurt and i hate it for everybody that is right now.sition like that the debt ceiling and i apologize if i bit.le a little the debt ceiling situation, it is just out of control. i mean i don't understand why is a debt ceiling if you indefinitely. says hey,s on tv and they always raised the debt ceiling in the past but i have to ask in the past was the debt at $17 trillion? it seems a little bit ridiculous to me. i would like to quote the governor jesse ventura. liberal he was socially but fiscally conservative. if we could go ahead and pay in america to have health insurance and run takeugh poppy fields and naps for ate hours and wake up that no sunburn, i think would be great. i would be all for it. but i feel like we just can't afford it any more. and when you talk about ceiling, and debt defaulting on your obligations countries and this and that, you have to make a o
hi, jim. for taking mys call. i would like to apologize in advance because i'm not a i'm notent employee and furloughed, okay. i though that has to hurt and i hate it for everybody that is right now.sition like that the debt ceiling and i apologize if i bit.le a little the debt ceiling situation, it is just out of control. i mean i don't understand why is a debt ceiling if you indefinitely. says hey,s on tv and they always raised the debt ceiling in the past but i have to ask in the past was...
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jim kim from the world bank came in live and updated his economic report. we had individuals who have been paying the cost of carbon. they have been suffering the consequence of these extreme weather events the they set off monitor in a refugee camp between kenya and somalia. we had stories reflecting the hardship endured by those who used to make their livelihood around lakes. we had individuals from bangladesh who had move back from the coastal areas and australia -- all over the world, really, and it was a very moving 24-hour long global telecast. we 20 million viewers. 2220 million twitter messages and impressions and we haven't gotten the count on facebook pin stress, and the other social media. there's a very big change that is underway, and i'm part of what i'm going to tell you about is why i'm optimistic. i use the phrase cost of carbon. john acknowledged governor o'malley is speaking next. a big admirer of your work governor. john u just mentioned hurricane sandy and the other events that captured attention recently. when the "inconvenient truth"
jim kim from the world bank came in live and updated his economic report. we had individuals who have been paying the cost of carbon. they have been suffering the consequence of these extreme weather events the they set off monitor in a refugee camp between kenya and somalia. we had stories reflecting the hardship endured by those who used to make their livelihood around lakes. we had individuals from bangladesh who had move back from the coastal areas and australia -- all over the world,...
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>> we certainly as you know, jim, have had significant capacity to the website where we can handle much higher traffic to the website to a comet in the interest of people all across the country. that have been numbers that have been provided by cms that indicate that the trust of the website has spiked after reports that it was fun things going for the vast majority of users. that's an indication there strong interest all across the country are on behalf of people are interested in getting access to the affordable health care coverage that is now a fable through healthcare.gov. so the improvement of the website allow it to a comet more traffic and significant interest that is out there. and according to the numbers that you seem to hhs that were released today, there is a significant increase in the number of people who are actually following through and enrolling. the numbers that were released today all predate the most important and most tangible of the improvements to the website. so it is reasonable to assume while i can't provide you specific data, that the number of people who ar
>> we certainly as you know, jim, have had significant capacity to the website where we can handle much higher traffic to the website to a comet in the interest of people all across the country. that have been numbers that have been provided by cms that indicate that the trust of the website has spiked after reports that it was fun things going for the vast majority of users. that's an indication there strong interest all across the country are on behalf of people are interested in...
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jim gordon said yesterday we do not like the sequester, but those on the republican side, "we're getting some of the cuts that we want. we are making progress." what do you say about comments like that about this question being a success? >> he said it was a home run and a success. perhaps to take a different point of view, we believe the budget is a statement of our national values, a vision for our country should be presented, and our vision and values should be represented in how we put a budget together. it should be something that creates jobs and reduces the deficit. understand the difference between investments for the future and just across-the-board mindless cutting. that is what is called the democratic process. they have a view of anti- government ideology that says cuts no matter what for the sake of cuts. we do not share that view. that is the debate we are engaged in. i would say that it is a false economy to think if you cut education, that you are born to reduce the deficit. nothing brings more money to the treasury, nothing, than the education of the american people. the
jim gordon said yesterday we do not like the sequester, but those on the republican side, "we're getting some of the cuts that we want. we are making progress." what do you say about comments like that about this question being a success? >> he said it was a home run and a success. perhaps to take a different point of view, we believe the budget is a statement of our national values, a vision for our country should be presented, and our vision and values should be represented in...
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jim moran and mr. gerry connolly. first, we will go to our vice chairman, joe crowley. >> thank you chairman -- thank you, chairman. as i said before, there are two obligations of congress. one is to pass the budget. the other is to pay our bills. we have failed to do the first, in my republican colleagues are talking about failing to do the latter as well. the last time we were in this predicament two years ago, my republican colleagues were playing with matches. now they are playing with a blowtorch. they know exactly what they are doing. they have a purpose. in fact, one of my colleagues on the republican side of the aisle has said that failing to raise the debt ceiling would, in essence, balance the world's markets. i'm paraphrasing them. what theyutely absurd believe is in the best interest of our country right now. what is in the best interest of our country is to put our government back to work. get the government up and not play withand a blowtorch on the issue of our national debt. we saw what he did to our e
jim moran and mr. gerry connolly. first, we will go to our vice chairman, joe crowley. >> thank you chairman -- thank you, chairman. as i said before, there are two obligations of congress. one is to pass the budget. the other is to pay our bills. we have failed to do the first, in my republican colleagues are talking about failing to do the latter as well. the last time we were in this predicament two years ago, my republican colleagues were playing with matches. now they are playing...
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security and who has written extensively on secret nuclear weapons programs around the world, ambassador jim jeffreys, distinguished visiting fellow at the washington institute where he is focused on iran's effort to expand its i said nuance in -- influence in the region, and dr. ray takea, a former senior adviser on iran at the state d.. we'll look forward to your testimony and thoughts on the status of iran policy. let me restate concerns that i have expressed publicly and will express again for the record. in my view, the sanctions have worked to bring us to this pivotal point, and the fundamental question is now whether the iranians are ready to actually conclude an agreement with the international community, whether they are prepared to turn rhetoric into action. in the leadup to last week's u.n. general assembly meeting, i was cautiously hopeful about what we would hear. but in my personal view, the new face of iran looked and sounded very much like the old face. with a softer tone and a smoother edge. although iran's messenger may have changed in the last election, the message seems t
security and who has written extensively on secret nuclear weapons programs around the world, ambassador jim jeffreys, distinguished visiting fellow at the washington institute where he is focused on iran's effort to expand its i said nuance in -- influence in the region, and dr. ray takea, a former senior adviser on iran at the state d.. we'll look forward to your testimony and thoughts on the status of iran policy. let me restate concerns that i have expressed publicly and will express again...
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>> no. >> let me ask jim doyle, described the white house on the e felt the deadline. their only days left. how did they try in the final hour to ram through that stennis compromise as a fade to a fairtsh -- as accompli f -- as aait accompli? >> john dean was in the office so much with numerous task forces and giving them information. as a journalist, i was thinking if the press knew that this guy was walking around, it was unbelievable. it was a coke machine, this machine owes me $.25, john d. [laughter] >> make sure he gets that. >> cox and richardson were talking and richardson men and -- and richardson mentions john stennis. the office knew that he might be the monitor or whatever. he has described all considerations. but what we didn't know is that stennis had already been on board. he had agreed to do this because he was going to have the help of an old loyal friend. he had been on his deathbed at -- he had been on his staff at one point, counsel to the president of the united states. he was going to help cox -- i mean stennis translate this stuff. in any case, e
>> no. >> let me ask jim doyle, described the white house on the e felt the deadline. their only days left. how did they try in the final hour to ram through that stennis compromise as a fade to a fairtsh -- as accompli f -- as aait accompli? >> john dean was in the office so much with numerous task forces and giving them information. as a journalist, i was thinking if the press knew that this guy was walking around, it was unbelievable. it was a coke machine, this machine...
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what about representative jim gerlach from pennsylvania, serving on the ways and means committee. this is directly from the press release. he said on wednesday, he would vote for a clean budget bill that funds government at current funding levels. at current spending levels. that's seven, mr. speaker. then representative barletta from the state of pennsylvania said according to "the beth hem morning call," he would vote to avert a government shutdown. eight that are willing to join the democrats and be adults. the ninth adult is representative lance from new jersey. and his chief of staff told "the huffington post," he said lance has voted for clean government funding bills in the past and quote, would not oppose one in the future should one be brought to the floor. eight. let me count through these, mr. speaker. all right. that's, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight -- i'm, sorry, nine, nine members. here's number 10, representative runyan. 10 of your members are saying they want the opportunity. don't not make them to tell the truth, they want to vote for a clean reso
what about representative jim gerlach from pennsylvania, serving on the ways and means committee. this is directly from the press release. he said on wednesday, he would vote for a clean budget bill that funds government at current funding levels. at current spending levels. that's seven, mr. speaker. then representative barletta from the state of pennsylvania said according to "the beth hem morning call," he would vote to avert a government shutdown. eight that are willing to join...
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jim succeeded a crazy fat man from philadelphia. [laughter] and then succeeded in institutionalizing the office under far from easy circumstances and was able to forge faith-based and community initiatives aplenty. jay sustained that office and work creatively to grow the effort even as the sense drained from the second term hourglass. if you don't believe it, just wait for the book coming out in january. it tells the story. joshua transitioned the office under a new president of a different party and engaged the widest spectrum of leaders of all faiths and no faith and established centers in every cabinet agency and other federal units as well. "presidential devotion" is out, too. i am a book salesman, as you can tell. i am selling their books and i am on commission, by the way. [laughter] last but not least, melissa, whose history with the office predates her own directorship, having served from her perch at brookings as a key confidant and friend to both the first bush and the first obama so-calledith czars and she has begun to d
jim succeeded a crazy fat man from philadelphia. [laughter] and then succeeded in institutionalizing the office under far from easy circumstances and was able to forge faith-based and community initiatives aplenty. jay sustained that office and work creatively to grow the effort even as the sense drained from the second term hourglass. if you don't believe it, just wait for the book coming out in january. it tells the story. joshua transitioned the office under a new president of a different...
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senator, also i would second everything jim has said. i would say that the problem has gone beyond the border. we know the flow of weapons from in a rejects far as syria very challenging security environments. we recognize working with these countries is not a bilateral issue but a global issue. i intend to not only draw on my around all of our resources but also other countries who have assets and interests who are like-minded, who can support our efforts to disarm, which we have been working on with the libyans to pads and ton destroy chemical weapons and things that have been left over from cut off his collection of and alsover the years results of their own the civil war. >> thank you. , mr. chairman and thank you for your testimony and for the families for being here. i guess i would ask the first question, what have you done to cause people to send you to libya? [laughter] i know we talked to love it about that yesterday in the office. my serious question as we talked a little bit about safety and we traveled through there in octob
senator, also i would second everything jim has said. i would say that the problem has gone beyond the border. we know the flow of weapons from in a rejects far as syria very challenging security environments. we recognize working with these countries is not a bilateral issue but a global issue. i intend to not only draw on my around all of our resources but also other countries who have assets and interests who are like-minded, who can support our efforts to disarm, which we have been working...
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. >> i -- i would refer you back to statements by president reagan and secretary jim baker, who made the same warnings that i'm making. because only congress can act to raise the debt limit. no president has ever been put in a position of having to figure out what bad options-- >> ok, i understand. i'm almost out of time. >> -- [inaudible] if congress doesn't act. >> on tuesday, the president said, and i quote, "we plan for every contingency. so, obviously, you know, worst- case scenario, there are things we will try to do," end quote. could you tell us about these contingencies? >> well, you know, senator, the the options are all bad. >> i agree. >> you know, i tried to earlier describe how complicated the federal payment system is. there is no way to make our federal payment system work well to pick and choose what we pay. so we're gonna be in a place which is uncharted territory. and anyone thinks it works smoothly has-- >> it would not work smoothly. it would be chaos. >> the question is whether the treasury is prepared to try to minimize disruption. >> well, obviously, we -- we
. >> i -- i would refer you back to statements by president reagan and secretary jim baker, who made the same warnings that i'm making. because only congress can act to raise the debt limit. no president has ever been put in a position of having to figure out what bad options-- >> ok, i understand. i'm almost out of time. >> -- [inaudible] if congress doesn't act. >> on tuesday, the president said, and i quote, "we plan for every contingency. so, obviously, you...
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jim vocal of the platte institute in nebraska. as the expense of the middle class, everyday nebraskans, obamacare's implementation will cause hardship on families and the younger generations all across the state. governmental intervention rather than personal choice is not the nebraska way. ashley landis from the south carolina policy council. south carolina business owners are forced to close their doors and sell off family businesses not only because they can't afford the mandate, but because they can't even predict the cost. and neither can anyone else. brent healy from the john k. macgyver institute in wisconsin. before obamacare wisconsin had one of the better health insurance markets in the country that covered the vast majority of our citizens. now under obamacare wisconsinites will see insurance premiums increase on average 51% and in many parts of the badger state we will have only one company to choose from and no consumer choice. in wisconsin, the affordable care act is proving to be not affordable at all and the uncert
jim vocal of the platte institute in nebraska. as the expense of the middle class, everyday nebraskans, obamacare's implementation will cause hardship on families and the younger generations all across the state. governmental intervention rather than personal choice is not the nebraska way. ashley landis from the south carolina policy council. south carolina business owners are forced to close their doors and sell off family businesses not only because they can't afford the mandate, but because...
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we stand with our friends at fix the debt, with secretary panetta, with former omb director jim nussle, and all of the other organizations assembled here. we all call on congress to raise our nation's debt ceiling and avoid this default. we urge congress to put an end to this hostile climate of uncertainty and princeton hould. -- brinkmanship. it is time to move our country forward, not jeopardize the hard work in the progress we have only together. at the end of the day, elected officials have a stake in preserving our free-market economy and our american way of life. negotiations, whether they are motivated by profit or politics, achieve their highest possible success when we recognize that cooperation works much better than conflict and solidarity will always outlast isolation and that our differences do not outweigh our common interests. thank you very much. >> next, we will hear from ian kramer. ian is the executive director of leaders engaged on alzheimer's disease. >> thank you. thank you for the opportunity to be here today. this is not a happy day. this is a day where we all s
we stand with our friends at fix the debt, with secretary panetta, with former omb director jim nussle, and all of the other organizations assembled here. we all call on congress to raise our nation's debt ceiling and avoid this default. we urge congress to put an end to this hostile climate of uncertainty and princeton hould. -- brinkmanship. it is time to move our country forward, not jeopardize the hard work in the progress we have only together. at the end of the day, elected officials have...
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of course, where democrats in the house tomorrow will fall on the involvement jim is on the republican line. go ahead. >> caller: i'm calling in reference to his statement that he has been working very hard on his -- on all the problems and he has gotten many problems. i also think that his plans have not been well thought out. and this health care could have been worked out long before. i know in my business, i sit down and work out the problems before. and just because you go to harvard does not make you smart. i know a lot of people that went to harvard and some of them are very smart, some of them are not smart. >> host: all right, jim, thanks for your comments. thanks for all your comments. more later on and "wall street journal" tomorrow morning, couple of quick comments on facebook. facebook.com/c-span is where we're asking for your thoughts carly says obama is bragging about 100,000 people signing up for obamacare but refuses to acknowledge the fact they had only signed up because their previous plans were cancelled like millions of others. kennel kendall responded, i signed up
of course, where democrats in the house tomorrow will fall on the involvement jim is on the republican line. go ahead. >> caller: i'm calling in reference to his statement that he has been working very hard on his -- on all the problems and he has gotten many problems. i also think that his plans have not been well thought out. and this health care could have been worked out long before. i know in my business, i sit down and work out the problems before. and just because you go to harvard...
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jim marshall for his speech. i also want to give my thanks to ambassador beth jones for her warm words, and i want to extend to the u.s. ip my greetings and gratitude for their words. -- because of the development of the mechanism and the new techniques used by terrorists who undermine interests and institutions in all countries. we are here in a strategic important institute. i want to thank you for allowing me to be here. i want to discuss the relationship between iraq and the united states. we cooperated with our partners, and fight terrorist. this allows us to win over terrorist in iraq. all of the people of iraq were victims of the terrorist attacks led by al qaeda and the remnants of the regime in iraq. we are starting a new round of reconstruction after defeating al qaeda, who at some point stop stopped explosive in our resources. at some point, life came back to iraq. the economy started recovering. the construction developed. the security and economic level, and the political level, despite a diss balanc
jim marshall for his speech. i also want to give my thanks to ambassador beth jones for her warm words, and i want to extend to the u.s. ip my greetings and gratitude for their words. -- because of the development of the mechanism and the new techniques used by terrorists who undermine interests and institutions in all countries. we are here in a strategic important institute. i want to thank you for allowing me to be here. i want to discuss the relationship between iraq and the united states....
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as jim mentioned, there are more than 24 findings and recommendations. we can't cover all of those. we hope you will take the entire report, study it through, and look at each of those recommendations. why is this report important? it is important because we as a nation have to get this right. i look back in history durling the time to -- during the time to world war ii that we intered some japanese americans. at the time it seemed like the right and proper thing to do. in the right of history, it was an error. so today this report will hopefully put into focus some of the actions taken in some of the post 9/11 environment. there are key questions we want to answer this morning. one, did the treatment rise to torture? secondly, how did it happen? what can we learn from this to make better decisions in the future? on the first question, we found u.s. personnel in many instances used ininterrogation techniques on detainees that constitutional torture. military personnel conducted cruel, inhumane, or degrading treatment. both categories of actions violate u.s. laws and international tr
as jim mentioned, there are more than 24 findings and recommendations. we can't cover all of those. we hope you will take the entire report, study it through, and look at each of those recommendations. why is this report important? it is important because we as a nation have to get this right. i look back in history durling the time to -- during the time to world war ii that we intered some japanese americans. at the time it seemed like the right and proper thing to do. in the right of history,...
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. >> i would refer you back to statements by president reagan and secretary jim baker, who made the same warnings that i'm making. because only congress can act to raise the debt limit the no president has ever been put in a position speed as i understand it almost out of time. on tuesday the president said and i quote, we plan for every contingency. so obviously worst case scenario, there are things will try to do, end quote. can you tell us about these contingencies? >> senator, the options are all bad. >> i agree. >> i tried to describe our public and the federal payment system is. there is no way to make our federal payment system work well to pick and choose what we pay. so we are going to be in place which is uncharted territory. if anyone thinks it works smoothly -- >> the question is whether the treasury is prepared to try to minimize disruption spent obviously we have looked at any options. there's been reports indicating things better than look at over the years. nobody has ever had any of these into effective they are not tested. >> the gentleman's time has expired. i note the
. >> i would refer you back to statements by president reagan and secretary jim baker, who made the same warnings that i'm making. because only congress can act to raise the debt limit the no president has ever been put in a position speed as i understand it almost out of time. on tuesday the president said and i quote, we plan for every contingency. so obviously worst case scenario, there are things will try to do, end quote. can you tell us about these contingencies? >> senator,...
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one interesting story that i love is the man named jim nolan, who later became a deputy assistant director of the fbi, with the young agent in new york looking for a place to live. hard to find. he wanted to make a phone call about an apartment. he went down to the garage, where there was a pay phone. mr. hoover did not allow you to use your own phone on your desk to make personal calls. he goes down to the garage. >> they were also catch. he wrote in the story as well. >> guest: you just got my story. the point is to is to go down to the payphone, starts to pick up in the asia and the asia and the 10 says don't use that one. meaning that one was tapped. so we started thinking well. >> host: even the payphone. >> guest: lost that one has topped of the others are tapped. >> host: not as it triggered the mole hunt within the fbi for several years, for several decades. >> guest: it was the russians whacking anything it got a problem. >> host: looks good charles. hi, charles. >> caller: i am calling because there is a book written and sold in bookstores publicly, a bestseller about robert and,
one interesting story that i love is the man named jim nolan, who later became a deputy assistant director of the fbi, with the young agent in new york looking for a place to live. hard to find. he wanted to make a phone call about an apartment. he went down to the garage, where there was a pay phone. mr. hoover did not allow you to use your own phone on your desk to make personal calls. he goes down to the garage. >> they were also catch. he wrote in the story as well. >> guest:...
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hirono: i also ask unanimous consent for unanimous consent that jim burkes be granted floor privileges until the end of next week. the presiding officer: the motion of the senator from hawaii will be approved, without objection. ms. hirono: mr. president, since the infamous tailhook scandal in 1991, every secretary of defense has proclaimed that our military has a zero-tolerance policy for sexual harassment and sexual assault. zero tolerance is the policy our military should have, but in reality it doesn't. we know it doesn't because we have heard too many stories from women and men in the military who have been attacked, assaulted, or raped by their peers in uniform or by their superiors. we have heard too many stories in which the assailants go unpunished. we have heard too many stories about commanding officers using their authority to set aside court-martial convictions or to decide simply not to have a trial at all. we have heard too many stories about survivors being drummed out of the service by misinformed dying know sees of mental illness or by a chain of command that ignores
hirono: i also ask unanimous consent for unanimous consent that jim burkes be granted floor privileges until the end of next week. the presiding officer: the motion of the senator from hawaii will be approved, without objection. ms. hirono: mr. president, since the infamous tailhook scandal in 1991, every secretary of defense has proclaimed that our military has a zero-tolerance policy for sexual harassment and sexual assault. zero tolerance is the policy our military should have, but in...
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we know that john conyers is sitting down with jim sensenbrenner and everyone sitting down with them as well on both sides of the aisle to craft this piece to make sure that we can fix the section. we are delighted to see and we have to make sure that everyone in this room gets it. the only way that we can pass the fix to section for allowing the utilization of the preclearance section of the voting rights act section 5 is if it is bipartisan. so the catch phrase is that it must be bipartisan and that is where we are that jim sensenbrenner is leading the phrase to make sure that we can address these concerns as well. please grab a beeper, and let's be prepared. [applause] >> hilary shelton, naacp. >> you raise an interesting point, hilary, about meeting bipartisan support and we talked about that a little bit. but one of the things that we have to be concerned with now as we move forward is getting that legislation passed. the voting rights act was reauthorize in 2006 with an overwhelming majority of legislative boating pivoted the supreme court that it back down. john conyers, this
we know that john conyers is sitting down with jim sensenbrenner and everyone sitting down with them as well on both sides of the aisle to craft this piece to make sure that we can fix the section. we are delighted to see and we have to make sure that everyone in this room gets it. the only way that we can pass the fix to section for allowing the utilization of the preclearance section of the voting rights act section 5 is if it is bipartisan. so the catch phrase is that it must be bipartisan...
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. >> thank you, jim. i think the speaker made -- the leader, our leader made a very important point. we were addressed this morning by five americans, five americans who are fasting. in some cases some fasting for over nine days. as the leader said, their message was act fast. there's no reason why we should leave in december and not have completed our work. and so the message should be to our colleagues who have a do-nothing agenda, and it's now. we can act now. we know we can do a number of things that will help us create more jobs, that will help us grow our economy, that will help us build up and not tear down the middle class. we can do something for this budget that will help us reduce our deficits. those fasters know it very well. it is passÉ fixed or broken immigration system because everyone including her congressional budget office, our fiscal nonpartisan referee has told us you to immigration reform you reduce the deficit at the federal level by close to a trillion dollars. you to immigration
. >> thank you, jim. i think the speaker made -- the leader, our leader made a very important point. we were addressed this morning by five americans, five americans who are fasting. in some cases some fasting for over nine days. as the leader said, their message was act fast. there's no reason why we should leave in december and not have completed our work. and so the message should be to our colleagues who have a do-nothing agenda, and it's now. we can act now. we know we can do a...
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and so, and i know jim mcdermot did as well. i understand all the nuances to this. the thing that is distressing is more than anything the pre-existing condition area. i know that further delays are only going to cause added misery. there are people who are really, really, like miss slaughter just said, really happy that now they can be covered. particularly people with little children who have conditions that they would not be insured on. and somehow or another, i just see it as our responsibility, whether it's 10 million, whether it's 30 million or 40 million. whatever figure you use. i just see us, if everybody is pulling together, us having a better way to come to the
and so, and i know jim mcdermot did as well. i understand all the nuances to this. the thing that is distressing is more than anything the pre-existing condition area. i know that further delays are only going to cause added misery. there are people who are really, really, like miss slaughter just said, really happy that now they can be covered. particularly people with little children who have conditions that they would not be insured on. and somehow or another, i just see it as our...
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i would blame like jim forsyth and being sure what will happen with complex acts spent we're almost out of time. >> really quickly, i just wanted, neel, you made the point about invoking companies in financial markets in here in congress. is maybe the lack of messaging that didn't happen then hard of the problem today in terms of what it is costing our economy today? >> i think the situation is, we are not at them we talked about earlier, we're not at, the crisis we're facing right now is self-inflicted but created by political dysfunction. and so i think the situation is fundamentally different today, but i sure judd's optimism. if there were a real crisis you would see people come together and with the congress act in a much more rational manner. >> final, final question right over here spent i will be quick. stuart lucas. how do we create the political circumstances to reset redistricting to a point you guys are raising earlier in? >> mrmip speak with you look at california, arizona, iowa. take it out of the legislative body. you do it if you think my analysis right about what the pr
i would blame like jim forsyth and being sure what will happen with complex acts spent we're almost out of time. >> really quickly, i just wanted, neel, you made the point about invoking companies in financial markets in here in congress. is maybe the lack of messaging that didn't happen then hard of the problem today in terms of what it is costing our economy today? >> i think the situation is, we are not at them we talked about earlier, we're not at, the crisis we're facing right...
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>> here's what i would say, jim. we're focused on implementing the affordable care act and fixing the problems that have caused a lot of americans consternation when they are dealing with the website, and we are making sure that millions of americans that are looking for information about their health care options are able to get it and that they are able to register and enroll. when it comes to that provision in all that grandfathered plans that existed before the affordable care act was passed, that is obviously what the president was referring to. he was also referring to the general principle and promise of the affordable care act which is if you are one of the 80% of americans who is ensured or covered through an employer plan or through medicare or medicaid, or the veterans administration there is no change for you accept an increase in benefits that everyone receives as a result of the affordable care act. they're one of americans who are uninsured whose only recourse for health care is the emergency room. the
>> here's what i would say, jim. we're focused on implementing the affordable care act and fixing the problems that have caused a lot of americans consternation when they are dealing with the website, and we are making sure that millions of americans that are looking for information about their health care options are able to get it and that they are able to register and enroll. when it comes to that provision in all that grandfathered plans that existed before the affordable care act was...